America 1881: They Call Me Legend

Chen Jianqiu returned to Roswell for his Spring Festival.

But Scott, Republicans and Democrats don’t celebrate the Spring Festival.

Campaign work is in full swing in towns across New Mexico.

Raymond Russ and Tony Davis continued to deliver speeches, describing a bright future for citizens after they were elected.

One said that it would focus on promoting the economic construction of New Mexico and join New Mexico into the federal family as soon as possible.

One emphasizes the need to further protect the rights of lower-class immigrants so that they can have a stable place to live and work in New Mexico.

The two of them began to brag one by one, and the pie got bigger and bigger.

At their rallies, their respective supporters held various signs with pictures of donkeys or elephants.

Either the donkey hit the elephant's face with its hoof, or the elephant pinned the donkey down with its own weight.

These two images originated from a satirical cartoon ten years ago.

The donkey refers to the Democratic Party, and the elephant refers to the Republican Party.

But members of both parties embraced the image.

Chen Jianqiu paid attention to their news the whole time.

The Border Detective Agency has agents all over New Mexico, and it's hard for him not to know.

He was surprised to find that the political policies and voter base of the donkey and the elephant were completely different from the era he traveled back to more than a hundred years later.

In some places, it's even the complete opposite.

However, their approach is basically the same, which is to get votes and not mind licking the grooves of voters from all walks of life.

Both sides began to show their talents on various occasions.

The methods used include but are not limited to distributing flour to voters, marching, hiring people to cause trouble at the other party's rallies, etc.

Scott and his Santa Fe group operated New Mexico for many years.

He has really rich experience in matters like elections.

The old man knows very well what those chattering voters want.

He took Tony Davis around the corners of the city, greeted those in need, and offered help.

For those voters, even if these help are "limited-time benefits" only available during each election cycle, they are still happy to receive them.

Scott has always believed that if Tony Davis's performance as mayor of Albuquerque had not been mediocre, this election would not have been so laborious.

But there are simply too few candidates to choose from within this current Republican Party.

It's just a matter of choosing a general among the dwarfs.

Besides, it doesn't matter who is the candidate or the governor.

He thinks confidently.

As long as Scott is still here, the power of New Mexico will not be lost.

Because the rival Democratic Party is really fragmented and fighting on its own, it cannot pose a threat to him in the parliament.

His idea proved to be correct.

Unlike the Republican Party, which has party leaders, the actions of the Democratic Party are relatively boring.

In this round of confrontation, the Democratic Party temporarily lost.

Therefore, in order to regain a victory, their focus was on attacking Tony Davis himself.

For example, this group of people didn't know where they learned that the mayor of Albuquerque was suspected of tax evasion on a dividend income during his tenure.

As a result, in Democratic newspapers, the mayor himself was described as a "shameful tax evader."

The newspaper has a nose and eyes, but due to the lack of actual evidence, its attack power is limited.

Soon, at Scott's behest, Republican newspapers began to fight back.

They seized on a controversial verdict that Ramon Rath received while serving as prosecutor in Santa Fe and slandered him as having negotiated a profit transfer with the client.

How can a person who knows the law and breaks it be the governor of New Mexico?!

The media on both sides began to pour dirty water on each other's candidates unscrupulously and never tired of doing so.

This information, like what was previously published by the "Santa Fe Star", is a mixture of truth and falsehood, and falsehood mixed with truth, making it difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood.

"Scott, they are quite capable of scolding."

In Scott's office, the fat congressman put down a Democratic newspaper and muttered to Scott at the desk.

The fat congressman was also scolded. He was described as "a pig in Tony Davis's backyard" who specialized in eating the mayor's "leftovers."

Scott took out an envelope from the drawer and threw it into the fat congressman's arms:

"I've been ready for a long time." A sly smile appeared on his face.

"If the Democratic Party can only single out people like this, why should they fight with me?" The congressman snorted.

Raymond Rath's next lecture, in Lincolnshire.

Early in the morning, a group of Democratic Party supporters gathered in the square in the center of the town.

Of course, there were some townspeople with vacillating attitudes who also joined in the fun and gathered around.

As the most prominent wealthy businessman in Lincolnshire and the most important potential supporter of the election,

Chen Jianqiu was also invited to participate in this rally.

For a time, the square was crowded with people and very lively.

"As I said, the land of the United States is undergoing earth-shaking changes! We should join the federal family as soon as possible!"

Raymond Russ's speech was quite eloquent.

He is six feet three inches tall (one meter nine), described as majestic, and his words are sonorous and powerful.

"The current governor and the Republicans have done a terrible job in the past few years! New Mexico is still the same lifeless New Mexico!"

He opened his hands and gestured in the air.

“Get the Republicans out!”

"A thief doesn't deserve to be governor!"

Cheers of support came one after another below, and the atmosphere among voters was ignited.

Leonid Harlin stood in the first row of the audience.

He glanced back.

Harlem was very satisfied with today's atmosphere and effect.

This is one of the reasons why he and other Democrats elected Raymond Russ.

This guy is very eloquent and has experience in politics, so he is an excellent choice.

Raymond Russ on stage ends a segment.

He was waiting for the applause from the audience to end before starting the next part of his speech.

"dad!"

A voice suddenly sounded from behind the crowd.

Lars thought he was hallucinating.

He paused and prepared to continue his speech:

"well known"

"dad!"

It was the same sound as before, this time louder and clearer, echoing in the square.

There was silence in the square, and people began to look for the source of the sound.

Soon, they found it.

The speaker was a young black man standing at the back of the crowd. He looked underage, about fourteen or fifteen years old.

The only difference is that his skin color appears lighter than other black people.

"Dad! Don't you recognize me? Dad!" the black man shouted loudly while waving his hands to the stage.

The crowd began to whisper.

Raymond Russ was stunned for a moment, but his expression quickly returned to normal:

"My little friend, I very much welcome your support for me! But have you mistakenly admitted the wrong person?"

He winked at the staff in the audience and signaled them to drag the child away quickly.

"Raymond Russ, we have been looking for you for a long time, and finally found you!" A black woman wearing a dress appeared next to the young black man.

She raised her hands in front of her and looked pitifully at Lars on the stage.

"Madam, I don't understand what you are talking about. If you are a little dizzy due to the sun, our staff can help you to take a rest."

Lars, the old fritter, said calmly and motioned to the staff to act quickly.

"No! Let me go!" The black woman broke away from the staff holding her arms and rushed to her son's side. "He is your son. Look at his face!"

A commotion broke out in the crowd.

Everyone looked at Lars in the stands, then at the little black boy, and started talking.

Putting aside their skin color, these two people look really,,,so much alike!

"More than ten years ago, in Florida! Plantation! Have you forgotten!" The black woman began to cover her face and cry.

"What nonsense are you talking about?!" Russ's cheeks were shaking, "This woman is crazy!"

"Prosecutor Russ did spend time in Florida before, and it is known that he was the son of a plantation owner."

"You're young, it's normal to make some mistakes, hahaha."

I don't know who said something strangely in the audience.

"You fart!"

Lars, who is usually extremely well-mannered, uttered foul language.

There was a huge commotion in the audience.

"He said bad words!"

"He's swearing!"

"He panicked!"

"He lied!"

Chen Jianqiu on the side was also a little stunned.

If you can make old fritter Russ lose his temper like this, maybe this is true.

More than ten years ago, at the end of the Civil War, the South was defeated.

At this time, as a member of the Democratic Party, Mr. Raymond Russ had an affair with a black woman!

He is really philanthropic.

Congressman Harlem covered his face in pain.

Illegitimate! Black man! Lying! No responsibility!

It’s over! It’s all over!

"That's not what I meant! What I meant was..." The prosecutor, who knew he had lost his composure, was in a state of confusion.

Just when Harlem was about to go on stage and quickly end this farce.

Four or five children of various colors emerged from the crowd and rushed onto the stage.

The staff couldn't hold it back.

They swarmed around the prosecutor and grabbed hold of Raymond Russ's trouser legs.

"dad!"

"dad!"

"dad!"

There was a chorus of shouts.

The prosecutor had completely lost his composure. While driving the children away with his hands, he pulled on his trousers and tried to break free, like a clown.

"Let go!"

He pulled harder and harder, and finally kicked one of the Mexican children.

The child took two steps back, sat down on the ground, and burst into tears.

"He hit the child!"

"Bastard! Villain!"

The scene was chaotic, and Raymond Russ ran away.

Harlem and his Democratic Party members also left in a hurry.

All that was left in the central square of Lincolnshire was a mess.